A Eureka physician is expected to be arraigned today after being extradited to the Humboldt County jail from Oregon over the weekend — a little more than two weeks after a warrant was issued for her arrest.

Frances Day, 64, who is currently living in Eugene, Ore., was indicted by a criminal grand jury earlier this month. The indictment came about one and a half years after the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office charged Day with six felonies, alleging she prescribed controlled substances to addicts and to herself. Day was scheduled to be arraigned May 10 on the charges handed up in the indictments — believed to be the same as those filed against her in July 2010 — but failed to appear before Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson, who issued a bench warrant for her arrest.

Day’s attorney, M.C. Bruce, told Watson at the hearing that Day had previously told him she “is afraid of coming to Eureka because she thought she would be assassinated,” adding that he had his doubts about his client’s competency.

Day was booked into the Humboldt County jail on Saturday, where she remains held without bail, according to jail staff. Bruce said she was taken into custody in Oregon, but he said he didn’t know if she had been arrested or surrendered herself to authorities.

While the DA’s Office has declined to comment on the case until Day is arraigned — citing the secrecy of grand jury proceedings — Bruce said the indictment contains the same allegations as the 2010 case filed against Day. He said the DA’s Office felt taking the case to a grand jury would expedite the process of prosecuting Day, who has cycled through a number of attorneys since being charged in the case, greatly delaying the process.

Bruce, who was appointed to represent Day in December 2010, said his client vehemently denies any wrongdoing.

The North Coast Journal reported in July 2010 that Day had left town some months earlier, apparently without notifying her patients, some of whom were addicted to high-power pain medication, or giving them their files.

According to the Medical Board of California, Day’s license has been suspended, and she is barred from practicing medicine.